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Global Villageby Mary Erickson

Global Village

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Introduction

This collection supplements the theme of "Global Village" from Stories of Art, which includesModern and Contemporary Native American and Asia American art works.

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Transformation Mask

Richard Hunt has Kwakwaka'wakw heritage.  TheKwakwaka'wakw are a Native American people of the coastof Canadian British Columbia. He works in a traditionalstyle.

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Bracelet

Hunt made this bracelet in 1991 using tradition images.

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Minnesota Nice Oyakepelo, "They Say Minnesota Nice"

Francis J. Yellow is Lakota. A people (formerly referred toas Sioux) of the Great Plains region of North America.

The title of this contemporary work seems to contradict thescene of Native Americans surrounded by soldiers withhangman's nooses in the background.

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Anthropology: We're Not Your Indians Anymore

Francis J. Yellow uses a late 19th century, NativeAmerican style of drawing to make a very contemporarystatement.

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Prince Albert

Arthur Amiotte is Ogalala Lakota.  He mixes NativeAmerican and old newspaper styles in this work.

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Lay Figure

Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-born American whoworked in the Modernist style during the middle years of the20th century.

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Theater set element from Judith (1950)

Isamu Noguchi was an important Japanese Americansculptor who made many public art works in the mid 20thcentury.

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Shodo Hanging

This is another of Noguchi's modern sculpture...

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Cronos

... as is this work.

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Wild Flower (Lily)

Hung Liu was born and trained as an artist in the People'sRepublic of China.

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Wild Flower (Lotus)

She moved to the United States and studied art at theUniversity of California, San Diego.

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Wild Flower (Orchid)

Hung Liu mixes diverse visual traditions in her work.

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